The Airlines Operating The Most Flights With The Embraer E2 Family

On June 17, 2013, during that year’s rendition of the Pairs Air Show, Embraer announced the successor to its highly successful E-jet family, comprised of the E170, E175, E190, and E195, the Embraer E2 jets. At the time, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer disclosed that it had planned to spend around $1.7 billion on the research and development and capital expenditure (CapEx) of the new aircraft family.

“The application of advanced technologies for engines, wings and avionics on the E2s will provide airlines with maximum uncompromised gains in efficiency while maintaining commonality with the current generation of E-Jets.”

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Since Embraer delivered the first E2 jet, an E190-E2, registered as LN-WEA, to Norway-based regional airline Widerøe on April 5, 2018, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer expanded its list of customers with the following carriers across the globe, per data from ch-aviation:

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Biggest operators in terms of weekly flights

While Porter Airlines has already taken delivery of 35 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, the Canada-based operator is not the largest airline in terms of capacity deployed using the next-generation Embraer aircraft. According to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium, Brazil-based Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (Azul) has the most weekly flights with the type.

The other operators, including Scoot, Widerøe, Air Astana, Helvetic Airways (flights not operated on behalf of SWISS), and Air Peace, have fewer than 100 weekly one-way flights with the type, with only some of them scheduled to take delivery of additional airframes.

Ch-aviation indicated that Air Peace, Azul, Binter Canarias, Porter Airlines, Royal Jordanian, and Scoot, all current operators of the E2 aircraft family, are scheduled to take delivery of additional aircraft of the type.

Photo: Scoot

Nevertheless, Embraer is scheduled to add more operators of the type, which includes Aerolínea del Estado Mexicano (Mexicana), LOT Polish Airlines, Luxair, ASL Airlines Australia, SalamAir, and SKS Airways. In total, the Brazilian manufacturer has 204 E2 aircraft in the backlog, including 38 aircraft of the type that have no assigned operators.

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Embraer E2 backlog

Out of the 204 E2 aircraft, the Brazilian airline Azul was scheduled to take delivery of the most E2s remaining in Embraer’s backlog, with 49 aircraft, followed Porter Airlines with 40 E195-E2 aircraft, and the 38 E2s that have no assigned airline to them. In total, 13 airlines are scheduled to take deliveries of E2s, excluding the unassigned aircraft.

In Q1 2024, Embraer delivered 25 aircraft. However, of those, only seven were commercial, split between three E175 and four E195-E2. The Brazilian manufacturer expected to deliver between 72 and 80 commercial aircraft in 2024. At the same time, Embraer continues competing against itself, as airlines have ordered additional Embraer E-jet aircraft, including American Airlines buying 90 E175 aircraft, with 43 options, during the quarter.

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With United States-based pilot unions, including those represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), refusing to increase the scope clause requirements, Embraer has struggled to sell any of its E2 variants in the US. Scope clause requirements have limited regional airlines in the country operating aircraft with more than 76 seats and a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 86,000 pounds (39,000 kg). ALPA has previously argued that the clause has protected unionized pilot jobs in the US.

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Limited market

As a result, Embraer still has 187 E175 aircraft in its backlog as of the end of Q1, compared to 179 E195-E2 and 15 E190-E2 at the end of the same period. Left with no choice, Embraer suspended the development of the E175-E2 in August 2020. At the time, as the manufacturer announced its Q2 2020 results, it argued that given the current market conditions as a result of the pandemic, Embraer had decided to delay the E175-E2s entry-into-service (EIS) date to 2023.

“Embraer is continuing the development of the aircraft, although now on the revised timeline. The Company believes that the E175-E2 will still be available with more than adequate time to enter into service in the commercial aviation market to meet market demand for the jet.”

However, in 2023, Embraer announced that it was delaying the EIS of the E175-E2 even further to between 2027 and 2028. The Brazilian manufacturer emphasized that it had made the decision because of scope clause limitations, which has limited opportunities to sell the smallest E2 aircraft family member, the E175-E2.

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When Embraer announced the E2 family in June 2013, SkyWest Airlines, a US-based regional airline, signed up for 100 firm orders and 100 options for the E175-E2, followed by Republic Airways signing up for 100 conversion rights from the E175 to the E175-E2 when it ordered 200 (100 firm, 100 options) E175s in 2018. Since then, both airlines have canceled their orders, and Embraer has removed any orders for the E175-E2 from its backlog.

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